Geography of India

What kind of geographic feature has water on all 3 sides?

India is surrounded by a huge mountain range called the Himalaya mountains. What famous mountain peak is in the Himalayas?

This mountain range makes India a subcontinent. This simply means that although it is a part of Asia, but is surrounded or separated from the rest of the continent.

What is the country to the East of India?

How do we know the direction these rivers flow?

What two rivers are found in northern India?

Based on the area's geography, what parts of the Indian subcontinent do you think are best suited for settlement?

This chain of mountains separates India from the rest of Asia and created a convergent plate boundary.

• Deccan Plateau
• Mount Everest
• Himalayas 
• Eastern and Western Ghats

This chain of mountains separates India from the rest of Asia and created a convergent plate boundary.

• Deccan Plateau
• Mount Everest
• Himalayas 
• Eastern and Western Ghats

The tallest single mountain peak in the world.

• Mount Everest

• Himalayas

• Rocky Mountains

• Hindu Kush